Anticreeping device



Jan. 3; 1933.

Original Filed May 16, 1951 F. H. GILMORE ET AL 1,392,747

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Patented Jan. 3, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OF'FlC -E'l FQBRFST in. ammon a Ann HERMAN H. nuenn, or sAn PIERRE, INDIANA ANTICREEPING DEVICE Application filed May16, 1931, Serial No. 537,918. 1 Renewed August '16, 1932.

This invention relates broadly to-railways, and has more particular reference to devices utilized to prevent spreading of the rails.

'It is therefore a primary object of this 5 invention to provide an improved device for securely anchoring the rails, and to prevent spreading of the rails.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character above is mentioned, which serves to connect two parallel rails to prevent the rails from spreading or being displaced laterally relative to one another.

Other objectsand advantages of the inven- 35 tion, and the nature of the invention will be best understood from a study of the following description and accompanying drawings wherein we'have shown what .is intended as a preferredenibodiment ofgtheinvention, al-

as though it is to be understood, at the outset, that the invention is susceptible to further changes, modifications and improvements coming within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the application of the device.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevational view for more clearly illustrating the invention.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an edge elevational view of a tie plate.

Figure 5 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a gauge rod.

Figure 7 is a bottom plan view of a hood plate.

Figure 8 is an edge elevational view of the hood plate.

.40 Figure 9 is an edge elevational view of one end portion of the gauge rod.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate the rails of a railway and 3 designates the usual tie.

In carrying out our invention, we provide for each rail, a tie plate 5 that is suitably supported on the cross tie 3. On the top face of the tie plate 5 is provided a transverse groove 6 within which is disposed the base ;50 flange of the rail, and the groove 6 is preferably of a width greater than the .width of the rail .base flange. Thus is provided adjacent one end of the tie plate 5 a raised or shoulder portion 7 provided on its inner edge with a groove 8 within which is received one edge of the rail base flange.

The tie plate 5 at that end thereof remote from the shoulder portion 7 and inwardly fromits longitudinal edges, is provided with a longitudinal groove 9 for accommodating an end portion of a relatively narrow elongated gauge rod 10 that extends between the. rails l and 2 and which at each end thereof is provided with a cross'head 11 adapted to fit within the groove 6 of a tie plate parallel to the rail. Each of the cross heads 11 at its free-longitudinal edge-is reduced iii-thickness to provide a longitudinally extending lip 12 adapted to overlie the adjacent edge portion of therail base flange.

For each tie plate 5, there is provided a substantially channel shaped hood plate 13 that is engage-able with the tie plate atthat end of the plate remote fromthe shoulder-'7 and which has the opposite side portions thereofprovided with internal grooves-14 for slidably accommodating laterally projecting ribs 15 provided at opposite longitudinal edges ofjthe tiepla-te 5. v

It will be thus seen, and as is'illustrated inFigu-re'3, that thetop of the hood 13 closes the top of the groove19 and serves to maintain an end of the 'gauge rod10 within the groove 9.

, The opposite sideportions ofeach hood' 13 at one end of the hood are provided with notches 16for engaging an adjacent edge portion ofthe base flange of an adjacent rail.

Each of thetie plates 5 are anchored in position on thetie 3through the medium of spikes or likefastening elements '17 driven into the tie 3, and through holes provided in the shoulder 7 adjacent the grooved edge of the shoulder. Additional-spikes or-similar fastening elements-18-are alsoeinployed, and these spikes pass throughfholesprovided in the top of thehoo'd 13, and throughholes provided in the adjacent crosshead ll which holes also register with holes providedfor the spikes 18 i-n-the pla te; 5,-and suitablyalocated to aline with the holes in the cross head 11.

In actual practice then it will be apparent that the rails will be secured in position within the grooves 6 of the tie plates 5, and the shoulders 7 of the tie plates will prevent spreading of the rails away from one another, while the gauge bar 10 with the heads 11 engaging the base flanges of the rail will prevent the rails from moving inwardly toward one another. Thus the rails will be held in true parallelism, and will be prevented from creeping.

Having thus described our invention, what we wish to claim as new is:

1. A tie plate provided with a nsverse groove and a longitudinal groove intersecting the transverse groove, said plate adapted to receive in the transverse groove thereof the base flange of a rail, av gauge rod having an end portion received in the longitudinal groove and provided with a cross head located in the transverse groove and engaging an adjacent ed e portion of the base flange of the rail for retaining said base flange within said transverse groove, and a hood plate engaging the tie plate and bridging the longitudinal groove, said hood plate serving to retain said end of the gauge rod within said longitudinal groove.

2. A tie plate provided with a transverse groove and a longitudinal groove intersecting the transverse roove, said plate adapted to receive in the transverse groove thereof the base flange of a rail, a gauge rod having an end portion received in the longitudinal groove and provided with a cross head located in the transverse groove and engaging an adjacent edge portion of the base flange of the rail for retaining said base flange within said transverse groove, and a hood plate engaging the tie plate and bridging the longitudinal groove, said hood plate serving to retain said end of the gauge rod within said longitudinal groove, said hood plate and said tie plate provided with cooperating means for slidably retaining the hood plate on the tie plate.

3. In combination with a pair of opposed rails, a tie plate supporting each of said rails and provided with a transverse shoulder engaging the base flange of an adjacent rail at the outer side of the rail, a gauge plate extending between the rails, said gauge rod at each end thereof provided with a cross head engaging the base flange of an adjacent rail on the inner s de of the rail and cooperating with the shoulders of said tie plate for retaining the rails against lateral displacement relative to one another.

4. In combination with a pair of opposed rails, a tie plate supporting each of said rails and provided with a transverse shoulder engaging the base flange of an adjacent rail at the outer side of the rail, a gauge plate extending between the rails, said gauge rod at each end thereof provided with a cross head engaging the base flange of an adjacent rail on the inner side of the rail and cooperating with the shoulder of the tie plate for clamping the rail therebetween, and a hood member embracing each of said tie plates on the inner side of the rail and engaging an adjacent end of the gauge rod for retaining said end in enga ement with an adjacent rail.

0. In an anti-creeping device for railway rails, a tie plate provided with a shoulder for engaging the rail at one side thereof, a member on the tie plate and const aimed to slide longitudinally of the tie plate at right angles to the rail and engageable with the rail for clamping the rail between it and said shoulder and means slidably engaging the tie plate and having engagement with said longitudinally slidable member for retaining the latter against perpendicular displacement relative to the tie plate.

6. An anti-creeping device for railway rails including in combination tie plate provided with a shoulder for engaging one side of the rail, and a channel inen'iber slidably embracing the tie plate and provided at relatively opposite sides thereof for engaging the rail for clamping it between said shoulder and channel member.

In testimony whereof we afliX our signatures.

FORREST H. GILMORE. HERMAN H. KRUGER. 

